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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
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I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.
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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.
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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.
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I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, Hey, you can't run too much. Or if you're a boxer you say, Hey, you can only box three rounds. It's not right!
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It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.
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I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
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There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.
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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it not hard enough and it flies away.
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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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